Strategic direction
Our program aims to support the health and wellbeing of nurses, midwives, and students of the professions across the country.
Our 2024-2027 Strategic Directions focus on delivering quality peer support and counselling, ensuring there is equitable access across Australia. With a big focus on innovation and inclusion, we’re paving the way for a stronger, healthier nursing and midwifery community.
Explore our vision, mission, and values and see how we aim to make a real difference for those who care for Australia.
Nurse Midwife HPA Strategic Directions 2024-2027
Who we are
Nurse Midwife HPA is a health program supporting nurses, midwives and undergraduate students of these disciplines to address sensitive health and wellbeing challenges including stress, fatigue, psychological distress and substance misuse.
Our program
- is a free, confidential health program supporting nurses, midwives and undergraduate students of nursing and midwifery to address sensitive health-related wellbeing challenges such as stress, fatigue, and psychological and substance abuse issues.
- offers care and support in a welcoming, compassionate and non-judgmental environment - providing a culturally safe place to connect and heal.
- operates nationally through a telehealth service and in person, from four jurisdictional hubs and four regional offices with the head office based in Melbourne – trained nurses and midwives will be available to provide timely accessible consultations for nurses and midwives, ensuring care and support are available when and where it is needed.
At the heart of our program is the participant. Nurse Midwife HPA’s intentional peer support, counselling, and case management model approach uses a framework that incorporates prevention, support, and intervention—working towards health restoration. The peer-led and delivered program provides our participants with the opportunity to choose and shape their service options, including interventions and treatments.
Our vision
Empower nurses, midwives and students by enhancing health outcomes through the provision of peer support, case management, supportive counselling and referrals when required. In doing this we increase safety and satisfaction for Australians using our health services.
Our mission
A national support service delivered by nurses and midwives, for nurses and midwives and students; to foster a sustainable and healthy workforce.
Our values
Compassion - We hear what you say and value your experience, and together we will work towards a solution.
Courageous - We have courage to draw on our own lived experience to work with participants and to advocate for better systems and supports.
Persistence - We talk from difficult places, we stand strong for our purpose and participants.
Equity and Belonging - In everything we do, we are grounded in our aspiration towards equity and inclusion for all our participants, staff and stakeholders.
Responsiveness - We are responsive to participant and stakeholder feedback, including emerging trends and research.
Accountable - We are accountable to each other, our participants and key stakeholders.